(UPDATED) Dureza says he will be accompanied by incoming Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III and former congressman Hernani Braganza
Jesus Dureza, President-elect Rodrigo Dutere's appointed Secretary of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) is flying to
Dureza made the
announcement on his Facebook page.
Duterte had made
peace talks with the communist rebels part of his platform during the
presidential campaign.
Dureza, a veteran
in the peace negotiating table, said that he is flying upon the instructions of
Duterte. Dureza was appointed presidential adviser on the peace process from
2005 until 2008 under the government of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
"I will be
accompanied by incoming Sec. Silvestre Bello III and former congressman Hernani
Braganza. We will look forward to a fruitful meeting under the auspices of the
Norwegian government in the sidelines of the ‘Oslo Forum’,” Dureza said in his
post.
The Royal Norwegian
government is the third-party broker of the stalled peace talks. Bello is incoming labor
secretary under the Duterte Cabinet.
Earlier, Duterte
said he planned to send Bello and
Dureza to Norway to initiate talks with the CPP and Sison.
NDF spokesperson Fidel Agcaoili
told a press conference on Wednesday, June 8, Sison's coming home
for peace talks was a "very ticklish issue” because the United States had
put the CPP and the NPA in its terrorist list. This means it could have Sison
intercepted and arrested during one of his stopovers en route to Manila from the Netherlands
Abu
Sayyaf
Dureza also said
he wanted to correct the rumor reported by some media outlets that he is open
to negotiation with the Abu Sayyaf Group and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom
Fighters (BIFF), a breakaway group from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front
(MILF).
"True, I
have even directly negotiated with the ASG just recently to seek the release of
my friend John Ridsdel whom they nevertheless beheaded as the families could
not raise the demanded ransom amount,” Dureza said.
Dureza said
negotiating with the ASG and BIFF is not the way forward and that they would
have to face the full force of the law.
"But
negotiating with them in the context of what are we doing with the Bangsamoro
and the CPP/NPA/NDF is definitely not the way forward. They have to face the
full force of the law for their terrorism and criminal acts,” Dureza said.
http://www.rappler.com/nation/136030-dureza-flying-norway-meet-joma-sison
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